Google Earth Engine Tutorial: Land Surface Temperature Trends (2000–2023)

Описание: 🌍 Curious about how land surface temperatures have changed in West Africa over the last two decades? In this Google Earth Engine tutorial, we’ll walk through how to analyze Land Surface Temperature (LST) trends from 2000 to 2023 using MODIS data.

In this step-by-step guide, you’ll learn:
✅ How to load and process MODIS MOD11A2 LST data in Google Earth Engine
✅ How to compute annual mean land surface temperatures (°C)
✅ How to generate time series charts of temperature change
✅ How to create trend maps (°C/year) showing warming and cooling hotspots
✅ How to export results (CSV and GeoTIFF) for further analysis

This tutorial is perfect for students, researchers, and professionals in climate science, remote sensing, and GIS who want to explore how climate change is impacting surface temperatures in Africa.

📌 Tools used: Google Earth Engine (JavaScript Code Editor)
📌 Dataset: MODIS/061/MOD11A2 (8-day, 1 km resolution)